An apology for the study of northern antiquities

Their great Condescension to Dr. _Hickes_ in allowing him to have been a very curious Inquirer into those _obsolete Tongues, now out of use, and containing nothing valuable in t...

The next I shall mention is my Lord _Orrery_, who, as Mr. _Anthony Wood_ says, was a great Poet, Statesman, Soldier, and great every thing which merits the Name of Great and Goo...

[Transcriber's Note: This text includes a number of citations from languages other than English, and in scripts other than Roman. They are shown as: *Saxon* +Greek+ ++Hebrew, Go...